C_DateAndTime
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C_DateAndTime.GetCurrentCalendarTime |
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+ 8.1.0 / 2.5.1 / 1.14.0 |
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C_Calendar.GetDate |
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CalendarGetDate |
+ 3.0.2 |
Returns the realm's current date and time.
currentCalendarTime = C_DateAndTime.GetCurrentCalendarTime()
Returns
- currentCalendarTime
- CalendarTime
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| year | number | The current year (e.g. 2019) |
| month | number | The current month [1-12] |
| monthDay | number | The current day of the month [1-31] |
| weekday | number | The current day of the week (1=Sunday, 2=Monday, ..., 7=Saturday) |
| hour | number | The current time in hours [0-23] |
| minute | number | The current time in minutes [0-59] |
Example
local d = C_DateAndTime.GetCurrentCalendarTime()
local weekDay = CALENDAR_WEEKDAY_NAMES[d.weekday]
local month = CALENDAR_FULLDATE_MONTH_NAMES[d.month]
print(format("The time is %02d:%02d, %s, %d %s %d", d.hour, d.minute, weekDay, d.monthDay, month, d.year))
-- The time is 07:55, Friday, 15 March 2019
Comparison
When in a EU time zone CEST (UTC+2) and playing on Moon Guard US, CDT (UTC-5). The examples were taken at the same time. Note that time() and date() are tied to your system's clock which can be manually changed.
-- unix time time() -- 1596157547 GetServerTime() -- 1596157549 -- local time, same as `date(nil, time())` date() -- "Fri Jul 31 03:05:47 2020" -- realm time GetGameTime() -- 20, 4 C_DateAndTime.GetCurrentCalendarTime() -- hour:20, minute:4 C_DateAndTime.GetServerTimeLocal() -- 1596139440 unix time offset by the server's time zone (e.g. UTC minus 5 hours)
Patch changes
Patch 8.1.0 (2018-12-11): Moved to C_DateAndTime.GetCurrentCalendarTime(). The previous alias is deprecated [1]. See ConvertToOldStyleDate() for changes with the old format.- Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Moved to
C_Calendar.GetDate() 
Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Added as CalendarGetDate()